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Management Fee Expense, Amount Waived

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Management Fee Percentage, Waived Portion

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Quarterly Incentive Fee, Percentage

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Quarterly Management Fee, Percentage

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Reimbursable Costs Payable

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Reimbursable Operating Expense

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Amount of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration has been received or is receivable, classified as current.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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Amount of operating dividend and interest income, including amortization and accretion of premiums and discounts, on available-for-sale securities.

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Amount of expenses related to the managing member or general partner for management of the day-to-day business functions of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Carrying amount of the unpaid portion of the fee payable to the managing member or general partner for management of the fund or trust.

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The cash inflow from sale proceeds and collection of repayments from borrowers on loans classified as held-for-sale, including proceeds from loans sold through mortgage securitization; includes mortgages and other types of loans.

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)				1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Narrative (Details)	Aug. 20, 2018 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Jan. 18, 2018	Jan. 18, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) security	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) mortgage_loan	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Management fee (percentage)					1.50%				1.50%
Management fee percentage, waived portion					0.75%
Management fee waived				$ 6,959				$ 6,959	$ 79,415
Management fee								2,335,998	2,215,050
Management fee payable								587,500	182,000
Operating expenses reimbursable to Manager								2,375,804	4,127,549
Reimbursable expenses payable								587,500	570,000
Deferred financing costs								3,761,410
Payments of Financing Costs								4,075,446	0
Alternative backstop fee								0	222,518
Notional amount									1,281,829,317
Earned fees								10,748,966	29,521,893
MAXEX LLC \| Residential Mortgage Loans
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of loans									24,600,000
MAXEX LLC \| Loan Review Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds received from fees								359,626	64,976
Marketing services feed paid								83,893		$ 15,156
FOAC \| Loan Review Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Alternative backstop fee								426,770
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Compensation expense								$ 22,912	20,585
Manager Equity Plan
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Maximum shares issued, percentage of issued and outstanding shares of common stock (percentage)								3.00%
Manager Equity Plan \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation expense								$ 7,922	$ 15,535
Weighted average period for compensation expense recognition								6 years 3 months 18 days
Hunt Investment Management, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Annual management fee (percentage)			1.50%
Quarterly management fee (percentage)			0.375%
Quarterly incentive fee (percentage)			20.00%
Hurdle rate (percentage)			8.00%
Director \| Loan Review Services
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds received from fees		$ 20,000
Affiliated Entity
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Available For Sale Securities, Number Sold \| security							4
Notional amount							$ 82,900,000
Class A-4 Warrant \| Director \| MAXEX LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock shares into which warrants may be converted (in shares) \| shares		35,658
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Deferred financing costs	$ 4,100,000
Unpaid Principal Balance	225,300,000							$ 219,400,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. \| Hunt Investment Management, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of Financing Costs	2,300,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. \| Director
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of Financing Costs	$ 1,800,000
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. \| Hunt Financial Services, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earned fees						$ 208,477
Hunt CRE 2018-FL2, Ltd. \| Hunt Finance Company, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Loans \| mortgage_loan								24
Unpaid Principal Balance								$ 257,800,000
Hunt CRE 2017-FL1, Ltd. \| Hunt Finance Company, LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number Of Loans \| mortgage_loan								9
Unpaid Principal Balance								$ 151,100,000